Band seeding device and hanger bracket therefor



Dec. 31, 1957 c. s PHILLIPS 2,818,036

BAND SEEDING DEVICE AND HANGER BRACKET THEREFOR Filed June 2, 1954INVNI'OE y C HA ELL-5,5. PH/LL 1P5.

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United States Patent BAND SEEDING DEVICE AND HANGER BRACKET THEREFORCharles S. Phillips, East Lansing, Mich., assignor t0 Thermoid Company,Trenton, N. J., a corporation of Delaware Application June 2, 1954,Serial No. 433,933

Claims. (Cl. 111-80) This invention relates to the band seeding devicesand to a hanger bracket for use therein.

Heretofore conventional grain drills have been converted to band seedingby constructing built-up structural frames from parts cut to fit andassembled on the job. Band seeding as such is accomplished by opening afurrow with a disc or hoe set to a predetermined depth and depositingtherein a measured amount of fertilizer, whereupon the earth closes andcovers the said fertilizer. Seeds are then, in unison with thisoperation, fed through a separate conduit atop the earth and directlyabove the fertilizer band at a point free of disturbance due to closureof the furrow. This required fitting and bolting together the structuralmembers for each unit and securing each unit to its cooperatingseed-feeding hose. Since in each such device there are upwards of abouttwelve or more units, each comprising a ground-turning member (such as adisc) a fertilizer boot and hose for feeding seed, and since the variousdifferent devices required different adjustments of the structuralframes, it required upwards of one-half day to make such a conversion.

The present invention avoids the foregoing difficulties and provides asturdy dependable means adapted to fit all such devices and requiringless adjustments in use.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will more fully appearfrom the following description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings which show, by way of example, the present preferred embodimentof the invention.

The invention consists of the novel features and arrangement of partsembodied, by way of example, in the structure hereinafter described asillustrating a present preferred form of the invention, and theinvention will be more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring more particularly to the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a band seeding device showing such partsthereof as are necessary for an understanding of the invention, with theremaining parts omitted for purposes of simplicity;

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of the hanger bracket forming a partof said device; and

Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the device shown in Fig. 2 looking fromthe rear.

Referring to the drawings and more particularly to Fig. 1, it will beseen that the band seeding device comprises a plurality of units such asdesignated in general as A1 and A2: there being usually about twelve orfourteen of such units in a device. The units are duplicates one of theother and therefore it will be unnecessary to describe more than oneunit. Each unit comprises a ground-turning member such as the disc 2which is floatingly supported by suitable means comprising an arm 3, rod4, etc. Rigidly secured to the end of the arm 3 is the bracket 5 whichis an integral part of a fertilizer feed shoe or boot 5 in which isloosely supported the lower end of a fertilizer feed tube 6 whose upperend is operatively connected to a fertilizer box F common to all of theunits. The seed box S is also common to all of the units. The seed boxis provided with a rubber hose such as 7 whose lower end is securelyheld in a desired position by means of a hanger bracket designated ingeneral as 8 and which will be more particularly described below.

Referring more particularly to Figs. 2 and 3, it will be noted that thehanger 8 is formed from a unitary rodlike member bent upon itself at anintermediate point so as to provide arms 9 and 10 which lie in the samegeneral plane and are spaced apart so as to define an angle a. Theintermediate portion is in the form of a loop 11 forming exterior of theangle a an eye 12. The arm 9 is provided with a hook portion 13 formedas a continuation thereof and disposed a fixed distance from the eye 12,said distance being of sufiicient length to fit between said eye and thetop opening of the longest boots, while the free end of the hook portionextends a sufiicient length to firmly grip a boot having a relativelyshorter length between said eye and the top opening of the boot. Thehook portion 13 is disposed exteriorally of the angle a and preferablyin the same general plane in which the arms 9 and 10 are disposed. Thehook 13 is also preferably formed so that its lower end lies closely tothe adjacent surface of the arm 9, so as to provide for clampingengagement with the supporting boot 5. The other arm 10 is provided atits outer end with a helical sleeve 14 comprising a plurality of coilsfor frictionally engaging a rubber tube 7 so as to position and tightlyhold it in the desired location.

It will be seen from the foregoing that in constructing the device abovedescribed it is only necessary to secure one of the hanger bracketsabove described to the corresponding boot 5 of each unit and insert thetube within the sleeve 14. It will likewise be seen that this is readilyaccomplished by snapping the hook 13 over the upper edge of the wall ofboot 5, rigidly securing the bracket by means of a bolt such as 15passing through the eye 12 and through a cooperating lug 16 formedintegrally with the boot 5. If it is found necessary to make any fineadjustment as to the position of the outlet end of the said tube 7 thismay be readily accomplished by slightly twisting or bending the arm 10of the hanger bracket 8. From the foregoing it will be seen that thetime required for assembling and adjusting the parts to the desiredpositions may be remarkably shortened by the use of my novel bracket;and that when the parts have been assembled they will be held firmly;but somewhat yieldably in their cooperative positions. In addition tothe tremendous saving in time and universal adaptability, there is acorresponding economy.

Having thus described by invention with particularity with reference toa presently preferred form of the same, it will be obvious to thoseskilled in the art after understanding the invention, that variouschanges and modifications may be made therein without departing from thescope of the invention, and it is my intention to cover in the appendedclaims such changes as come within the scope of the invention.

What I claim is:

1. In a band seeding device having a plurality of floatingly mountedlaterally spaced ground turning members, a plurality of fertilizer feedboots mounted for floating movement with said members, respectively, anda plurality of flexible hose extending downwardly from a seed box forfeeding seed, the combination with said boots and flexible hose of aplurality of hanger brackets each comprising a unitary rod-like memberhaving two arms extending outwardly in the same general plane so as todefine an angle at whose apex an eye is provided, means securing saideye to a corresponding one of said boots adjacent its lower end, one ofsaid two arms of each bracket at its outer end extending outwardly beingprovided at its outer end with a hook engaged over the upper edge of itssaid corresponding boot, the other of said arms at its outer end beingprovided with a sleeve in gripping engagement with the lower end of acorresponding one of said such feeding hose and serving to hold thesamein position rearwardly of a corresponding one of said ground-turningmembers and feed boot.

2. In a band seeding device having a plurality of floatingly mountedlaterally spaced discs, a plurality of fertilizer feed boots mounted forfloating movement with said members, respectively, and a plurality offlexible hose extending downwardly from a seed box for feeding seed, thecombination with said boots and flexible hose of a plurality of hangerbrackets each comprising a unitary rod-like member having two armsextending outwardly in the same general plane so as to define an angleat whose apex a loop is formed as an inter-connecting continuation ofsaid arms, means securing said loop to a corresponding one of said bootsadjacent its lower end, one of said two arms of each bracket at itsouter end extending outwardly being provided at its outer end with ahook engaged over the upper edge of its said corresponding boot, theother of said arms at its outer end being provided with a helical coilformed as a continuation of said arm, said coil encircling the lower endof a corresponding one of said such feeding hose with the turns of saidcoil in frictional gripping engagement with said last mentioned hose andeach of said brackets serving to hold its associated hose in positionrearwardly of 2. corresponding one of said disc members and feed boots.

3. A hanger bracket for use in a band seeding device comprising aunitary rod-like member having two arms extending outwardly insubstantially the same plane so as to define an angle at the apex ofwhich an eye is provided for receiving a bolt or the like fasteningmember, one of said arms being provided at its outer end with a hook andthe other of said arms being provided adjacent its outer end with asleeve for receiving a seed feeding hose, said sleeve being disposedwith its axis substantially paral- 4 lel to said plane and substantiallyperpendicular to said other arm.

4. A hanger bracket for use in a band seeding device comprising aunitary rod-like member having two arms extending outwardly insubstantially the same plane so as to define an angle at the apex ofwhich an eye is provided for receiving a bolt or the like fasteningmember, said eye being substantially in said plane, one of said armsbeing provided at its outer end with a hook disposed ex teriorly of saidangle at a fixed distance from said eye and lying substantially in saidplane and the other of said arms being provided adjacent its outer endwith a sleeve disposed a fixed distance from said eye for receiving aseed feeding hose the axis of said sleeve extending substantiallyparallel to said plane and perpendicular to said other arm.

5. A hanger bracket for use in a band seeding device comprising aunitary rod-like member, bent sharply upon itself intermediate its endsto thereby provide a pair of arms interconnected by a loop and extendingoutwardly therefrom at an angle whose apex is at said loop, one of saidarms being provided with a supporting hook at its outer end formed as acontinuation of said member and disposed exteriorly of said angle andlying substantially in the plane of said loop, and the other of saidarms being provided with a helical coil whose axis extends substantiallyparallel to said plane and perpendicular to said other arm.

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